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EDITORIAL – Removal of statue of Judge Matthew Baillie Begbie misguided

June 5, 2017 // 5 Comments

An Armchair Mayor editorial by Mel Rothenburger. HOW FAR should we go in erasing recognition of those who played a role in wrongs and perceived wrongs of the past? At what [Continue]

NEWSTROM – More about God, quantum mechanics and Janis Joplin

June 4, 2017 // 1 Comment

AS I TOUR Kamloops business districts open to quantum-civic engagement (or trouble) knowing I am in lust of mindy (new word) connectivity, a gentle tension masses. I [Continue]

MURPHY – When Buffalo Bill and his Wild West show took London by storm

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

ONE HUNDRED and 30 years ago, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West took London by storm. Opening to the general public on May 9, 1887, the show played to massive audiences during its [Continue]

KNOX – NDP-Green deal brings power to Vancouver Island after a long wait

June 4, 2017 // 0 Comments

JOHN HORGAN once spilled a beer on my sister at a Shamrocks game. Or maybe it was one of the guys he was with. We were down in the seats and they were standing along the rail [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – City council – throw the bums out, or steady as she goes?

June 3, 2017 // 4 Comments

CITY COUNCILS come in cycles, and Kamloops is about to start a new one. Those cycles consist of long stretches of stability followed by dramatic change. The current stability [Continue]

POLITICS – Solidarity against Turkey’s anti-democratic thug Erdogan

June 3, 2017 // 1 Comment

THE PROTESTERS got their message out and all it cost them were a few bloody noses. The protest took place outside the Turkish embassy in Washington, D.C., on May 17. The [Continue]